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I live in a rural part of Virginia surrounded by farms and farmers.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Rural
Virginia
Farms
Surrounded
Farmers
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